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to say; to utter; to declare
to name; to call
to go (e.g. "the alarm went ping"); to make a noise
人はそれを奇跡と謂う。
People call it a miracle.
母は静かな声でそう謂った。
My mother said so in a quiet voice.
地元の人はその山を神山と謂っている。
The locals call that mountain the sacred mountain.